REVEALED: The Tipperary test centres with the highest driving test pass rates this year

New figures from the Road Safety Authority (RSA) have shown that there was a wide variation in the rate of motorists passing driving tests at different test centres around the country in the first half of 2024.

The highest pass rate nationwide was recorded in Kilkenny, as more than two-thirds of people passed the test at the O’Loughlin Gaels test centre where there was a 68.4 per cent pass rate.

The lowest pass rate was recorded in Dublin, where two-thirds of drivers failed the test at one centre in Charlestown. The pass rate was 36.8 per cent during the six months to the end of June.

Across Tipperary, the results were varied across the four centres in Clonmel, Nenagh, Thurles and Tipperary town. 

The lowest pass rate in the county was recorded in Nenagh, where less than half of those who took their test passed. At just 45.5 per cent, Nenagh recorded one of the lowest pass rates nationwide.

Only marginally ahead was the test centre in Tipperary town, where a 46.7 per cent pass rate was recorded. Both Nenagh and Tipperary recorded much lower pass rates than Clonmel and Thurles.

Clonmel saw almost six-in-ten drivers passing, as a 59.8 per cent pass rate was recorded there between January and June. 

The Tipperary test centre with the highest pass rate was Thurles, where a huge 63.9 per cent of drivers passed their driving tests in the first six months of the year.

Speaking on the varied results between different test centres nationwide, the RSA said driving test pass rates can differ depending on several factors.

These include the preparedness of individual test candidates; the varying size of centres some of which conduct many more tests than others; and higher pass rates for truck and bus drivers who are not tested at all locations.

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